Bodong Investment Case Almost A Year Stagnant At The West Jakarta Police, Expert Witness: The Suspected Reported Is Already Worth A Suspect

JAKARTA - The alleged fraudulent investment case worth IDR 2.2 billion reported by a victim named Eddy Halim continues to be urged so that the alleged reported person is immediately made a suspect.

The case that was reported by the victim approximately a year ago at the West Jakarta Police did not have legal certainty, aka stagnant involving the alleged perpetrators with the initials MHS and NT.

Today, West Jakarta Police investigators have summoned a criminal law expert witness to be questioned regarding evidence and other information related to the alleged fraudulent investment case.

"My agenda today is being questioned as a criminal law expert witness related to the documents and information related to the alleged fraudulent investment case," Yuni Ginting told the media crew after giving a statement to the West Jakarta Police Investigators, at the West Jakarta Police, Monday (30/6/2025).

This legal doctor explained that the document in the form of WhatsApp chat in the form of lure and proof of transfer shown by the investigator based on juridicals is one of the evidences or instructions referring to the ITE Law Article 5 Paragraph 1.

"I view that based on the jury, what was attached was evidence, a clue that for example we refer to the ITE Law Article 5 Paragraph 1," said Yuni.

This means, said Yuni, that the two pieces of evidence presented by the reporting attorney to investigators had sufficient evidence to make the alleged reported suspect.

Meanwhile, the victim's lawyer, Hendricus Sidabutar, after accompanying a criminal law expert witness at the West Jakarta Police confirmed that today's agenda was to examine a criminal law expert witness requested by the police.

"We have been asked by the police to present a criminal law expert. We have presented it today," said Hendricus at the West Jakarta Police, Monday (30/6/2025).

According to Hendricus, actually the two pieces of evidence that he has submitted to investigators are sufficient to determine the alleged perpetrator as a suspect.

"First, there is proof of WhatsApp chat, and secondly proof of transfer," he said.

"In the chat of whatsApp, there is already an lure, an 11 percent profit."

Chattingan whatsApp itu adalah bukti digital berdasarkan pasal 5 Paragraph 1 Undang-Undang ITE. Ditambah lagi ada bukti transferan uang kepada tersangka pelaku.

"So in our view, the 2 pieces of evidence are sufficient to determine the alleged perpetrator to be a suspect. Including the testimony of a criminal law expert witness who was questioned by investigators on the day. Anyway, all of our parties have been examined," he explained.

As the victim's lawyer, Hendricus asked the police to immediately determine their position, take legal certainty, and determine the alleged perpetrator to be a suspect, arrested and detained.

Hendricus himself saw that there was discrimination in the case he was handling with a similar case so far which was always processed quickly by the West Jakarta Police.

Cases like this are usually quickly processed and the perpetrators are arrested and detained because they involve the community's sense of justice.

"But especially for our case, this is a bit confused by us, why is this being discrimination for our case. There should be quite a lot of evidence, with the process of almost a year, the police must take firm action, attitudes and legal certainty. Given the sense of justice for the community in this case," he said.

Hendricus suspects that the West Jakarta Police have deliberately slowed down or made this case take a long time because the difficulty level of this case is actually not difficult.

Moreover, he continued, the evidence already exists so that it fulfills the elements of Article 184 of the Criminal Code.

"In addition, today there is information from a criminal law expert witness who can really see and determine, based on the juridis' point of view, whether the evidence was fulfilled or not is an element of a criminal act, as sufficient preliminary evidence," he said.

"We ensure evidence of chat and lure, as well as proof of transfer is digital evidence that cannot be manipulated," he added.

Hendricus further explained, proof of WhatsApp chat is valid evidence, digital evidence that is legally recognized as valid evidence in accordance with Article 5 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law as proof of instructions.

Hendricus also reiterated that fraudulent investment should be suspected of violating Article 372, 378 of the Criminal Code, junto of the Money Laundering Act.

"We ask the West Jakarta Police Chief to be firm in cases with a loss of 2.2 billion, this alleged fraudulent investment, immediately take firm action so that the alleged perpetrator is arrested, detained and made a suspect and brought to court so that the people's rights to justice are fulfilled," he said.

Regarding the summoning of a criminal law expert witness today, the Head of the West Jakarta Metro Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKBP Arfan Zulkan Sipayung when asked for his response at the West Jakarta Police Station was not there.

"Mr. Kasat is out of the office, sir," said the officer on the 3rd floor of the West Jakarta Police.